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Gene variant enhances memory and increases risk of PTSD | Mo Costandi | Neurophilosophy bloghttps://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2012/may/15/1
The downside to having a good memory<p>A genetic variant associated with an enhanced capacity for emotional memories is also linked to increased susceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to <a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/05/07/1200857109.abstract">new research</a> published yesterday in <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</em>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2012/may/15/1">Continue reading...</a>ScienceNeurosciencePost-traumatic stress disorderMental healthHealthSocietyHealth & wellbeingLife and styleMemoryTue, 15 May 2012 12:35:16 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2012/may/15/1Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/ReutersThe skulls of Rwandan victims rest on shelves at a genocide memorial inside the church at Ntarama just outside the capital Kigali Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/ReutersPhotograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/ReutersThe skulls of Rwandan victims rest on shelves at a genocide memorial inside the church at Ntarama just outside the capital Kigali Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/ReutersMo Costandi2012-05-15T12:35:16ZPregnant 9/11 survivors transmitted trauma to their childrenhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2011/sep/09/pregnant-911-survivors-transmitted-trauma
The emerging field of epigenetics shows how traumatic experiences can be transmitted from one generation to the next<p>For New Yorkers, the events that transpired on the morning of 11 September, 2001 must have seemed like a nightmare. Immediately after the attack on the World Trade Centre that day, psychologists predicted that a wave of trauma would sweep across the country. Although this prediction turned out to be wrong, it is estimated that some 530,000 New York City residents suffered from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the months following the attack. </p><p>Among the tens of thousands of people directly exposed to the World Trade Centre attack were approximately 1,700 pregnant women. Some of these women went on to develop symptoms of PTSD, and some of the children have inherited the nightmare that their mothers experienced on that day. <br><br>Within weeks of the attack, researchers at the Traumatic Stress Studies Division at the Mount Sinai Medical Centre in New York were inundated with telephone calls from people who had been traumatised by the event, including pregnant women. <a href="http://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/rachel-yehuda">Rachel Yehuda</a>, professor of psychiatry and neuroscience in charge of the division, set out to investigate how these women's experiences might affect their children.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2011/sep/09/pregnant-911-survivors-transmitted-trauma">Continue reading...</a>GeneticsMedical researchSciencePost-traumatic stress disorderSocietyPregnancyLife and styleFri, 09 Sep 2011 13:09:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2011/sep/09/pregnant-911-survivors-transmitted-traumaPhotograph: Gulnara Samoilova/APAn emergency worker helps an injured women after the attack on the World Trade Centre. Photograph: Gulnara Samoilova/APPhotograph: Gulnara Samoilova/APAn emergency worker helps an injured women after the attack on the World Trade Centre. Photograph: Gulnara Samoilova/APMo Costandi2011-09-09T13:09:00Z